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The Korea Times

By Dong Sun-hwa
Youngjae, a member of K-pop boy band Got7, has denied allegations he was a bully during high school.
JYP Entertainment, his management agency, rejected the allegations, made by a person who claimed to be a former classmate of Youngjae, that the star had bullied and extorted money from him several years ago.
“Youngjae told us that there was a physical altercation between him and a classmate when he was a high school student and their relationship has not recovered,” the agency said. “But he said all the other allegations were untrue.

“We attempted to contact the accuser, but the person has not responded yet. We will look into the case and come up with proper measures.”
The accuser claims to have been in the same classes as the star when they were second- and third-graders at a high school in Mokpo in southwestern South Korea.
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“I am tired of seeing him pretending to be good on TV programmes. He is a devil,” the person posted online.
Youngjae debuted as a member of Got7 in 2014. He is expected to appear in Netflix’s new teen sitcom I Wish the World Would End Tomorrow.
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A person who claimed to be a former classmate of Youngjae’s said the singer regularly bullied and extorted money from him several years ago
His accuser said he went public as he was tired of seeing the K-pop star ‘pretending to be good on TV programmes. He is the devil’



Youngjae, a member of K-pop boy band Got7, has denied claims that he bullied and extorted money from a friend at high school several years ago.


‘He is the devil’: Youngjae of Got7 denies bullying and extorting money from a friend at high school

A person who claimed to be a former classmate of Youngjae’s said the singer regularly bullied and extorted money from him several years ago His accuser said he went public as he was tired of seeing the K-pop star ‘pretending to be good on TV programmes. He is the devil’

A person who claimed to be a former classmate of Youngjae’s said the singer regularly bullied and extorted money from him several years ago

His accuser said he went public as he was tired of seeing the K-pop star ‘pretending to be good on TV programmes. He is the devil’